Ram

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ram: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ram: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #829, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#829highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1578
1998	#1263
2000	#3036
2003	#1629
2004	#1732
2005	#1716
2006	#2087
2007	#4333
2008	#2507
2009	#2544
2010	#2199
2011	#2194
2012	#3039
2013	#2660
2014	#1935
2015	#3908
2016	#2556
2018	#3412
2019	#2488
2020	#3848
2021	#2301
2022	#2755
2023	#2007
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ram by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ram in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	3 of 10	8
2000s	56	8 of 10	7
2010s	67	9 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ram appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #829 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Ram's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #829, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ralphy · #495, 20y
Raluca · #660, 15y
Rama · #2970, 14y
Raman · #1552, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahnaf · #829, 23y
Aziz · #829, 30y
Hanzala · #829, 22y
Hezekiah · #829, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aziz · #829, 30y
Kush · #829, 30y
Maher · #829, 28y
Moosa · #829, 28y

Ram was ranked #829 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ram and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ram without appearing here.

Ram moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #4647.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #4702.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Ram

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1935 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #1902.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1263 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #906.

Moved the same way as Ram

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ram went from #1458 to #2755 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ram went from #1458 to #2755 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Arlo Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ram went from #3036 to #1517 and Arlo from #2142 to #15.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Ram went from #1458 to #3848 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #829 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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